"You little bitch. You dare remove my control? Do you have a death wish?"
Inside the darkness, an old, furious voice echoed like a storm brewing in a sealed abyss.
The place was deep within the core region of the Black Lotus Sect's forbidden chamber, where only a few elders were ever allowed to enter.
Black stone pillars rose from the ground like silent tombstones, engraved with faint crimson runes that pulsed slowly like a living heart. The air was heavy with the scent of aged incense mixed with something faintly metallic.
At the center of the chamber, a shadow sat cross-legged on a floating black lotus platform.
In his hand was a jade chalice etched with ancient sealing patterns.
Crack!
The old man's fingers suddenly tightened, his blood-red eyes filled with intense anger.
The chalice shattered under the surge of his rage.
Shards of jade fell silently into the darkness while dark red blood splattered across the black stone floor, dripping slowly from his trembling palm.
